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The Otis Redding Foundation will host “Celebrating 75 Years of Otis Redding” September 9-11 in Macon, GA. The celebration kicks off with September 9, 2016 being declared Otis Redding Day in Macon, where a weekend of festivities honoring the late King of Soul will be a highlight of...
This is the Grand Opera House located in Macon, Georgia. The Wikipedia entry on it states: "The Grand Opera House, often called The Grand and also known as Academy of Music, is a historic opera house located in Macon, Georgia, United States. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, it is currently operated as a performing arts center of Mercer University. Originally known as the Academy of Music, the Grand was built in 1883 and 1884 with the largest stage in the southeastern United States, outstanding lines-of sight and acoustics (both still notable today), and seats for 2,418, nearly a fifth of Macon's population at the time. The facade, a building located on Mulberry Street, was renovated in 1902, and the present seven-story office building facade opened in 1905. Since that time, the stage has seen numerous historic uses. Live horses and chariots appeared in an 1908 production of Ben-Hur. During World War I, actor Charlie Chaplin led the John Phillip Sousa band for a fundraising effort. According to the Grand's website, the theater has also hosted, among others, Sarah Bernhardt, Will Rogers, and George Burns and Gracie Allen. Some other famous performers to appear there include Lionel Barrymore, Ethel Barrymore, Bob Hope, the Allman Brothers Band, and Ray Charles. Magician Harry Houdini was also a featured player at the Grand, leaving a well-known legacy: the stage sports a number of trap doors, one of which remains operational and is used occasionally today in performances such as annual production of The Nutcracker ballet. Local lore claims that the trap doors were installed specifically for Houdini. In 1936, as the popularity of vaudeville waned, the Grand changed to a movie theater, hosting Macon's only Hollywood premiere, 1945's God is My Co-Pilot. However, by the 1960s, the Grand had ceased showing movies and plans were made to replace it with a parking lot. Those plans were blocked in 1967 by the Macon Arts Council, a group formed to save and restore the Grand. By 1970, the group had held a gala featuring the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and had the property placed on the National Register of Historic Places. (It was listed on the National Register in 1970. The Opera House was renovated and reopened as a live theater in 1969. (The second balcony, or peanut gallery, remained closed to the public and was dedicated to lighting equipment at this time, reducing the maximum seating to its current number of 1,030). Fund-raising efforts continued through the next several decades, with ongoing physical plant upgrades, with another renovation taking place in 1985. In 1995, Mercer University signed a lease with Bibb County to manage the Grand. Subsequently, Mercer has invested in upgrading the facility to modern standards as well as making it a fixture for community events. Today, the Grand hosts many Broadway touring companies, concerts (such as those of the Macon Symphony Orchestra, community theatre productions (including the aforementioned Nutcracker holiday show), and other performances and events."
812 Poplar St.
Constructed from 1889 until dedication in Nov. 11, 1903.
Chruch features Italian White Carrara marble, 60 stained glass windows and a 1,000 pipe organ.
Placed on NRHP July 14,1971---No. 71000269.
This is a statue in the center of the "new" Babyland section at Macon Memorial Park cemetery.
Infants and small children who passed between January 1996 and September 2010 rest in the area to the statue's right, and have (to my eye) just filled it.
The area to the statue's left awaits further sad events.
Concrete Footprints #focusedonmacon #downtown #downtownmacon #macon #maconga #macongeorgia #maconmemories #georgia #footprints #urbex #urbanexplorer #urbanexploration
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Flying Saucers #focusedonmacon #fujifilm #fujixe1 #macon #maconga #macongeorgia #brick #graffiti #urbanart #art #alley #urbanexploration
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From the collection of Jessica H. Jaeger.
Read it here--
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Photo taken on June 28, 2016. Located near Macon, Georgia next to Howard Middle/High School. Picture taken while I was siren hunting in Bibb County, GA. This siren is active and is used for tornado warnings. This siren replaced a Thunderbeam/RSH-10? This siren is controlled by Bibb County Emergency Management and tested at the last Wednesday of every month at 11:00 AM ET (weather permitting).
Located in Macon, Georgia at Springdale Elementary School. This photo was taken while I was on a siren hunt in Georgia (late June 2016). This siren replaced a Thunderbeam/RSH-10 in 2012(?). This siren is used for tornado warnings.This siren is controlled by Bibb County Emergency Management and tested at the last Wednesday of every month at 11:00 AM ET (weather permitting).
Located at Macon State Collage. Like 200ft there is a Federal Signal 2001-130 (replaced Federal Signal Thunderbeam/RSH-10A). I mostly think this siren is controlled by Macon State Collage.
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Photo taken on June 28, 2016. Located near Macon, Georgia at United Church. Picture taken while I was siren hunting in Bibb County, GA. This siren is active and is used for tornado warnings. This siren replaced a Thunderbeam/RSH-10? This siren is controlled by Bibb County Emergency Management and tested at the last Wednesday of every month at 11:00 AM ET (weather permitting).
This is a view from the top of the Great Temple Mound at the Ocmulgee National Monument in Macon, Georgia. I took this with my Canon 80D and processed it using Photomatix Pro.
Usborne Books and More - A wonderful selection of books for all ages.
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Window to nowhere. #focusedonmacon #fuji #fujixe1 #fujifilm #xe1 #urbex #urbanexplore #urbanexplorer #urbanexplorers #urbanexploration #macon #maconga #macongeorgia #downtownmacon #downtown #abandoned #abandonedplaces #abandon_seekers
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cassiengaston: Where is this?
focusedonmacon: @cassiengaston, it's in an abandoned lot off of MLK.
Located at Macon State Collage. Like 200ft there is a Federal Signal 2001-130 (replaced Federal Signal Thunderbeam/RSH-10A). I mostly think this siren is controlled by Macon State Collage.
When my wife and I signed up for this race we didn't expect to see elite level athletes at the race. I was surprised to find out that Nina Kraft showed up. Her competition also showed up. Nina took first place by less than 5 minutes in the women's overall category with a time of 4:33:48.
Coton Colors - Adorable, personalized ornaments, family keepsakes perfect for everyone on your list.
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A cultural celebration of the Muscogee, Seminole, Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw and other Native Americans with food, music, dance, storytelling, crafts and exhibits.
This is the walkway to what once was Doles United Methodist Church in Macon, GA.
The church itself is now Saint Andrew Christian Church; Doles has a bigger building just on the other side of the cemetery.
What a cool thing - bricks from an old school making a walkway into a church. Mrs. Carter is buried about 25 feet from this walkway; I'm contemplating adding this image to her memorial on Find A Grave.
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297/365: 24 October 2011
This is a place outside a local church where members may arrange to have their cremated remains scattered after death. Their "names and dates" are on the wall plaque.
For the group "52 in 2015 Challenge", this fits theme #39: A Place of Worship.
98/365: 7 April 2015
Billboard spotted in Macon, Georgia in April 2007.
Any locals out there who can fill me in on the story behind it?
Macon's 1916 Terminal Station is Georgia's grandest surviving railroad station. It was designed in the Beaux Arts style by architect Alfred Felheimer (1875-1959), who with his partners also designed stations in Cincinnati, Buffalo, and other cities.
In 1926-27, the station handled as many as a hundred arrivals/departures each day, primarily trains of the Central of Georgia, Southern Railway, and Georgia Southern & Florida. Passengers accessed the train platforms by way of a tunnel under the tracks.
After closing in 1975 the building stood unused several years until it was purchased by Georgia Power Company in 1982 and used as its local offices in the 1980s and 1990s. In 2002, the City of Macon received one million dollars in TEA funds to purchase the building from Georgia Power and convert it to a retail, office, and multi-modal transportation center.